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Well, unless he really does have suicidal intent, I would expect the "Dear Leader" to be quiet for a little while.
I think it would be rather amusing if the next one blew up as well and did some serious damage on the coast as it was launched!
- After all if the Russians can (allegedly) hack US elections (and just 4 days ago according to Reuters it was claimed they also hacked the Brexit vote!) and at the same time, the NSA can "monitor" global bank activities, it shouldn't be too hard for Uncle Sam to hack just one little NK missile launch should it?
Honestly Dave I don't think they need to bother, there are some indications that the Norks have settled on developmental dead ends long since abandoned by non- loony nations. For instance, due to their inability to consistently manufacture solid propellant in the right size and shape, they have liquid fiuelled rockets. These are ok performance wise. Maintenance wise they're a whirling son of a bitch. The fuel is hypergolic, it can explode if someone stamps on a spilt puddle. It can also dissolve biological material (so it can explode then melt you). The missiles can also only be kept fuelled for fifteen minutes before they start dissolving; once they've been fuelled and defuelled they have to be stripped and rebuilt. So they cannot keep them on "hot standby", the missiles have to be elevated out of the silo on an elevator before fuelling, all of which takes a few minutes before launch. A concerned nation might keep a few satellites tasked to watch the Nork solo doors...